Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN)

We are working to promote Brain Health in Africa

[Agustin Ibañez @AgustinMIbanez]

Creative Minds, Younger Brains: Engaging in music, dance, painting, or even (some) gaming is linked to delayed brain aging.
Article: https://t.co/04vS4dgVQs.
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Biophysical modeling, graph theory, and Neurosynth analyses reveal plasticity-driven efficiency in regions most vulnerable to aging. Out Today in @NatureComms, congrats @carlosmig_12 and colls! @CreativeAgeIntl @j_artshealthlab @CreativeBrainWk

[Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation]

Time is running out to double your impact in honor of #WorldAlzheimersDay! 🌎

Your support can go 2X as far to help advance research and provide care and support to the millions impacted by this disease. This means:
✨ $25 can become ➡️ $50 ✨
✨ $60 can become ➡️ $120 ✨
✨ $120 can become ➡️ $240 ✨

Make a gift today: https://t.co/G8EAflHC4p
#ENDALZ #TogetherWeCan

[Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows]

Do you want to improve brain health in Africa? Then find out more about the @ABHNetwork.

Set up in 2018 by @GBHI_Fellows, with support from the Atlantic Institute, the Africa Brain Health Network aims to bring together voices interested in brain health.

https://t.co/Lj8hJRxDa9

[Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows]

🌍 The African Brain Health Network (@ABHNetwork) relaunches today!

This article by Mohammed-Anwar Sadat Adam (@adammsadat @AFSEE_LSE) shares why it matters: building connections for #BrainHealth equity, grounded in Ubuntu and Sankofa.

Read the article: https://t.co/vJZTX5L6mb

[Atlantic Fellows @atlanticfellows]

🌍 Formed by @GBHI_Fellows with support from the Atlantic Institute, the @ABHNetwork shares Africa’s brain health story through local voices and experiences.

Join us Aug. 26 for a public event for talks and a performance by @jazzmankabs1.

🔗 https://t.co/EbtExKnBLe

[The Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo @CompNeuroImbizo]

🎉🚨 Extended Application Deadline! Now July 16, 2025!

If you want to learn about the brain💻🧠in the amazing Noordhoek, Cape Town🇿🇦, apply.

What to Do Next: Finalise and submit applications before the deadline: https://t.co/nwewUO6c6d

Please spread the news. Don’t miss out!

[International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) @IBROorg]

🚨 1 WEEK LEFT to apply! Don't miss this chance to boost your skills through hands-on training designed for #neuroscience researchers in Africa!
Apply by 15 May: https://t.co/8LKMHuBPnP

#IBROinAfrica #DataScience

@Deleyele @ElfarrashSara @ElKadmiri5 @aduyilemi @rpbiney

[Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals @alzdemjournals]

🔔A&D Translational Research & Clinical Interventions- CALL FOR PAPERS🔔
Submit to Practice of Inclusion Science: Advancing Rigor & Reproducibility in Alzheimer's and Dementia Research

Editors: Lisa Barnes (@beyoung40), Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, & Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi
#TRCI

[Global Brain Health Institute @GBHI_Fellows]

The #AAICNeuro hybrid conference with 12 global hubs features @GBHI_Fellows led programs in:

🇪🇸 Spain @NeusFalgas
🇧🇷 Brazil @crisaguzzoli
🇨🇱 Chile @AgustinMIbanez & Francesca Farina
🇰🇪 Kenya @MomohChi & Wambui Karanja
🇳🇬 Nigeria Rufus Akinyemi

Sign up👉https://t.co/oQCRvhLvDe

[ALBA Network @network_alba]

🧠✨Are you a mid-career neuroscientist (5+ years post-PhD) from an underrepresented group working on the causal mechanisms of brain diseases? Apply today for the ALBA-Roche Research Prize for Excellence in Neuroscience! Please help us spread the word and share this with your network, especially those who may have left X.

🔎https://t.co/wlTfhHRnlm
🗓️20 January 2025

@Roche

[International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) @IBROorg]

Take the opportunity at #SfN24 to #network with IBRO leadership & committee members and learn more about their work! They will be waiting for you at booth #1725! 😀

🔗 https://t.co/uvBW3sH95V

@TheBaleLab @DiGiovanni_Gius @JQIpLab @JLLanciego @srikipedia @raghupathirames

[UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) @UNDecadeAgeing]

This year's @UN International Day of Older Persons isn't only about care and support.

In Geneva, leaders are gathering to ensure we follow-up on the recommendations made by the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing to address gaps in how we protect older people's rights: https://t.co/KQ7QKM00Cd

To get the latest updates on this area of work, follow us on our digital channels: https://t.co/n3GX82qYE6

#UNIDOP2024 #OlderPersonsDay

[Sub-Saharan Africa Brain Health Initiative @SSABHIAfrica]

The Understanding #AlzheimersDisease Webinar was well attended and the discussion quite robuts.
Thank you @ABHNetwork for the partnership.
We are grateful to all the planners, speakers and attendees.

@talkhealth9ja @nsccofficial @donlaz4u @GBHI_Fellows @atlanticfellows

[Laz Ude Eze @donlaz4u]

Shape the Future: Calling 2025–2026 Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health https://t.co/ZBs2Lh6YeW.

@GBHI_Fellows @atlanticfellows @SSABHIAfrica @ABHNetwork

[International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) @IBROorg]

Today IBRO reinforces its commitment to #diversity, #equity & #inclusion in #neuroscience by supporting Indigenous communities in 🧠 sciences & beyond.

Stay tuned today for news on an @network_alba event we’re supporting on this topic!

#indigenouspeoplesday

[GlobalBrainHealth @GlobalBrainHea1]

🧠 Excited for our next session! Learn to turn evidence into policy through advocacy. Join experts Prof Mayowa Owolabi, @jtjordan and @SamMountney to drive global action on neurological diseases 🌐. Don't miss out!

🗓️26th April - 2pm (GMT) 👇
https://t.co/KSZrCF2G2U

[kirti @MemorabilityHQ]

From @CreativeBrainWk 24 on the @ABHNetwork with the @atlanticfellows,on art & our vision. (Starting at 15:40) Along with presentaions from Anusha Yasoda-Mohan, Dominic Campbell, Rachel Hoare, @EimMcGlinchey ,Mei Lin Yap https://t.co/8uj703C1o6
#brainhealth

[NelsonMandela @NelsonMandela]

#HumanRightsDay

[Royal College of Psychiatrists @rcpsych]

The #DeansGrandRounds Free Members’ Webinar: Addressing the Dementia Care Gap – Leveraging Primary Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is taking place today at 4pm.

There is still time to register your place!

Register here: https://t.co/1WERTBuF9m

[kirti @MemorabilityHQ]

A plural approach for brain health ensures equity and includes knowledge from different knowledge systems. My thought...
https://t.co/q9fRlkLaZN
@ABHNetwork @atlanticfellows
@GBHI_Fellows
#mentalhealth #artforhealth #culturalcapital #BrainAwarenessWeek